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Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA
Bio
Rita Agarwal MD is a Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology, at Stanford, Past President and a founding member of the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine, Past Chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and former member of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Board of Directors. She is a member of the ABA Pediatric Anesthesiology Committee and an ABA Basic Exam Question Editor, AAP Committee on Substance Use Prevention, the AAP Clinical Guideline Taskforce on Opioid Prescription, and the American Medical Association Taskforce on Substance Use Prevention and Pain Medicine. Her passion is for education, appropriate pain management and advocacy for safer dental anesthesia, opioid stewardship, and substance use prevention. Her other academic interests include neuroanesthesia, mentorship, sponsorship, diversity and women’s issues in medicine and faculty development
Thursday, March 31, 2022
9:25 AM - 9:55 AM
Person Living With Pain (In Collaboration with US Pain Foundation)
Lyric's Journey with CRPS
Lyric's Journey with CRPS
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T. Anthony Anderson a pediatric anesthesiologist and associate professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at the Stanford School of Medicine. His research interests include 1) pediatric perioperative pain and substance use outcomes; 2) managing perioperative pain and improving outcomes with non-opioid pharmacologic agents and regional anesthesia; and 3) the use of novel technologies to manage acute and chronic pain.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
6:15 AM - 7:30 AM
RTD #3: Psychophysical, Physiology and Data Mining Research Tools for Pediatric Pain and Their Clinical Implications
11:35 AM - 11:50 AM
You Do Not Use Dexmedetomidine? Are You from the Pleistocene?
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As a pediatric pain specialist and pediatric anesthesiologist, Dr. Anghelescu built and led the Pain Management Service at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. a pediatric oncology academic institution in Memphis, TN, from 1999 to 2022, and made substantial contributions to clinical research in pediatric pain management, as reflected by over 100 peer-reviewed publications, and to the education of generations of pediatric oncologists and pediatric palliative care clinicians.
Currently, Dr. Anghelescu is a pediatric pain consultant for the Palliative Care Program and the Global Pediatric Medicine Department at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, with focus on adapting the concepts of pediatric pain management to limited resource settings around the world and striving to ensure equitable access to pain treatment for all children.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Pain and Symptom Management in Pediatric Palliative Care (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - Gasparilla - Level 2
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Medical Director, Pediatric Pain and Palliative Care
The University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital
Minneapolis, MN
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
3:20 PM - 3:45 PM
Prehab Prevents Persistent Post-surgical Pancreatectomy Pain in Pediatric Patients
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Dr. Vipin Bansal is a board-certified pediatric anesthesiologist at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, a Level 1 trauma center. He is the driving force behind the pediatric regional nerve program in the Acute Pain Service at Arthur Blank Children Hospital. He is an active member of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia (ASRA), Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine (SPPM), and Society of Pediatric Anesthesiologist (SPA). In addition to completing his anesthesiology residency and fellowship at Cleveland Clinic Foundation, he studied engineering at Cornell University and collaborates with his engineering colleagues at Georgia Tech. His main clinical focus is utilizing nerve blocks in pediatric perioperative care to keep kids comfortable. He loves teaching and conducts ultrasound guided nerve blocks workshops locally and nationally, using traditional phantoms and Artificial Intelligence (AI). He has won numerous awards such as the distinguished Humanitarian Award by his hospital and TOP DOCTOR by Atlanta Magazine. He also pioneered the use of neuromodulation to control phantom pain in his amputation patient and this work was published in Today.com and Atlanta-Journal Constitution (AJC). He recently finished his Emory Professional Leadership Development course and is looking for new ways to integrate different disciplines to improve perioperative care starting before patients enter the operating room.
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Fascial Plane Blocks: Expanding Pediatric Regional Anesthesia for Every-day Practice (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - HB Plant Ballroom A - Level 2
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Zvonimir Bebic, M.D., is an assistant professor in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at Children's Hospital Colorado
Born in Split, Croatia and raised in Vancouver, Canada, Zvonimir earned his medical degree from Saba University. He completed his residency training in anesthesiology at Zucker School of Medicine Hofstra/Northwell Program in Long Island, New York. He pursued additional fellowship training in Pediatric Anesthesiology at Children's Hospital Colorado followed by a fellowship in Pain Medicine at the University of Colorado. He maintains board certification in General and Pediatric Anesthesiology as well as Pain Medicine.
Clinically he splits his time between the operating room where he enjoys his roles on the aerodigestive team, as well as the Acute Pain Service and Chronic Pain Clinic. He has a special interest in regional anesthesia as well as pain management of Orthopedic, Ehlers-Danlos, medically complex and palliative patients.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
1:40 PM - 2:00 PM
Neuro-ablative Techniques in Pediatric Cancer and Palliative Care
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Wednesday, March 30, 2022
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: A Day in the Life of a Chronic Pain Patient in an Intensive Interdisciplinary Pain Treatment Program (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - HB Plant Ballroom B - Level 2
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Dr. Charles Berde is Senior Associate and Sara Page Mayo Chair in Pediatric Pain Medicine in the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital and Professor of Anaesthesia at Harvard Medical School. Research interests and ongoing collaborations involve clinical trials and outcome studies of treatment of acute pain, chronic pain and cancer pain in children, developing novel local anesthetics from bench through clinical trials, effects of general anesthetics on the developing brain, understanding disorders of altered pain sensitivity, and novel spinal therapeutics for pediatric neurologic diseases.
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Ultrasound Guided Interventional Techniques in Chronic Pain Management (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - HB Plant Ballroom CD - Level 2
Thursday, March 31, 2022
6:15 AM - 7:30 AM
RTD #1: Pediatric Pain Medicine...Then and Now
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Pain and Symptom Management in Pediatric Palliative Care (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - Gasparilla - Level 2
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- Latigo Biotherapeutics - Research support
- Akelos, Inc. - Scientific Advisory Board
Associate Professor
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, CO
Bio
I am a proud member of the Department of Anesthesiology at The University of Colorado School of Medicine and I work at Children's Hospital Colorado where I am the director of the Pain Services, and a co-director of our Wellness Program. Simply put, I am a full time anesthesiologist and blessed with a great team!
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Fascial Plane Blocks: Expanding Pediatric Regional Anesthesia for Every-day Practice (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - HB Plant Ballroom A - Level 2
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- Biogen - Received honoraria for education programs related to spinal muscular atrophy
Assistant Professor
London Health Sciences Centre, Western University, Canada
Western University, Canada
Bio
I am Dr. Abhijit Biswas, Assistant Professor and Consultant Anesthesiologist at london Health Sciences Center,Western University, London, Ontario.I am a pediatric anesthesiologist with clinical and academic interest in the practise of regional anesthesia in pediatric population.
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Fascial Plane Blocks: Expanding Pediatric Regional Anesthesia for Every-day Practice (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - HB Plant Ballroom A - Level 2
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Talitha is an occupational therapist with 20 years of experience at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). Specializing in care for children with rheumatic diseases, her passion for this area of practice and the people affected led to growing involvement in the rheumatology community. As a patient educator and advocate, she served kids and their families by volunteering for the Arthritis Foundation and Scleroderma Foundation. To improve the skills and resources for other professionals who serve these kids and families, she volunteers for the Association of Rheumatology Professionals (ARP), and is currently serving on the ARP Membership and Nominations Committee. Because pain plays a role in rheumatology and many kids’ lives, she also helped develop the Pain Rehabilitation program at CHLA where many kids with chronic pain learn how to live their best lives. Talitha is continually learning and sharing information about these much-needed areas of practice.
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: A Day in the Life of a Chronic Pain Patient in an Intensive Interdisciplinary Pain Treatment Program (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - HB Plant Ballroom B - Level 2
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Karen Boretsky MD, FASA
Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Critical Care & Pain Medicine
Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston USA
Harvard Medical School, Boston USA
• Founded Perioperative Regional Anesthesia Programs in 2 Tertiary Care Pediatric Hospitals, Published 55 original manuscripts, International Lecture & teaching invitations.
• Special Interest: Management of perioperative pediatric pain, Opioid-sparing pain management, Use of bedside ultrasound for diagnostics in infants and children
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
It Isn't That Complicated; Demystifying the Nomenclature of Regional Anesthesia
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Fascial Plane Blocks: Expanding Pediatric Regional Anesthesia for Every-day Practice (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - HB Plant Ballroom A - Level 2
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Dr. Amber Borucki is an anesthesiologist and pain medicine specialist whose focus is chronic pain management in children and adolescents/young adults and reducing or managing pain from chronic conditions or pain that occurs after surgery. Dr. Borucki completed her medical degree at Rush Medical College in Chicago, IL. She attended anesthesia residency at the University of Chicago. She completed a fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology at Boston Children's Hospital as well as a combined adult/pediatric pain medicine fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital, Brigham Women's Hospital, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Dr. Borucki worked for one year in private practice in anesthesiology in Reno, Nevada. Dr. Borucki then began her 5-year tenure at UCSF as a pediatric anesthesiologist and pain medicine specialist and was the Director of the Pediatric Anesthesia Service at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. She is now a pediatric pain physician and anesthesiologist at Stanford Medicine Children’s Health. She is the Education Director for Pediatric Pain Medicine.
Notable accomplishments at UCSF include developing and co-chairing the UCSF Benioff Transbay Pediatric Pain Management Committee, serving on the Bridge to One Bay project to standardize pain care across all UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital locations, and assisting ChildKind designation (a prestigious designation for a hospital indicating that it prioritizes pediatric pain care). Dr. Borucki is a member of the medical advisory council for the Make a Wish Bay Area chapter. She is currently serving on the Board of Directors for the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine (SPPM) and also will be the program director for the upcoming 12th annual SPPM meeting. Dr. Borucki has also served on several committees through the American Society of Anesthesiologists and California Society of Anesthesiologists. Dr. Borucki served as an editorial board member for Paediatric and Neonatal Pain.
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: A Day in the Life of a Chronic Pain Patient in an Intensive Interdisciplinary Pain Treatment Program (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - HB Plant Ballroom B - Level 2
Thursday, March 31, 2022
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Session IV: Hot Topics in Pain
Location: JW Marriott - Ybor V - Level 2
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Dr. Bujoreanu is an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and joined the Comfort Ability Program team from the Psychiatry Consultation Service at Boston Children’s Hospital, where she has been a senior staff psychologist since 2008. She obtained her PhD from the University of Rhode Island and completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Her research has focused on depressive symptoms in children and adolescents with IBD, somatoform presentations, eating disorders, and health care utilization, in addition to mobilizing the psychology evidence base for the treatment of pediatric chronic pain.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
6:15 AM - 7:30 AM
RTD #2: Getting the "Buy In" for Psychology: Proven Strategies for Providers and Systems to Increase Patient Access and Engagement with Evidence-based Psychological Intervention for Pediatric Pain
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, OH
Bio
Special interest in pediatric regional anesthesia and pediatric liver transplantation.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPA WORKSHOP: Advanced Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia (In-Person Only)
Location: Marriott - Meeting Room 11 - Level 3
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Ellise completed her anesthesiology training at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, NY and a fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, OH, where she remained to complete a Comprehensive Pediatric Pain fellowship for one additional year. Currently, Ellise works as an attending at Long Island Jewish/Cohen Children's Medical Center.
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
2:30 PM - 2:55 PM
When Your Guts Hurt, Surgery Doesn't Have To
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Dr. Sabrina Carrié, a graduate of Harvard Medical School, completed her Anesthesia Residency at McGill University. She further specialized in pediatric anesthesia at the Children’s Hospital of the University of Pittsburgh and in pediatric chronic pain at Boston Children’s Hospital. Currently, she serves as a Pediatric Anesthesiologist and Chronic Pain Physician at the Montreal Children's Hospital, also taking on the role of Fellowship Coordinator for the Pediatric Chronic Pain Fellowship. Dr. Carrié remains dedicated to providing compassionate care and fostering education in the field.
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Ultrasound Guided Interventional Techniques in Chronic Pain Management (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - HB Plant Ballroom CD - Level 2
Thursday, March 31, 2022
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Pain and Symptom Management in Pediatric Palliative Care (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - Gasparilla - Level 2
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Pediatric Anesthesiologist, Locum Tenens
Carullo Consulting, PLLC
Ridgeland, MS
Bio
Dr. Veronica P. Carullo is a quintuple-board-certified physician specializing in pediatric anesthesiology and pediatric pain management and palliative care. She has founded and led pediatric pain management programs at multiple institutions, including Cohen Children’s Medical Center in New Hyde Park, NY; Children’s Hospital at Montefiore in Bronx, NY; Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, NY; and Children’s of Mississippi in Jackson, MS. As an educator, she also served as the fellowship director for pediatric anesthesiology at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore and has held various academic and leadership roles that reflect her dedication to advancing pediatric care.
Dr. Carullo is a respected leader in her field, actively contributing to organizations such as the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine, the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the Association of University Anesthesiologists, and the Academy of Anesthesiology. She has also been an active member of the Women's Empowerment and Leadership Initiative since 2022 and serves as an Examiner for the Applied Examination of the American Board of Anesthesiology, underscoring her commitment to excellence in the profession.
Motivated by a philosophy of continuous growth, Dr. Carullo earned an MBA from Millsaps College in 2024 followed by a professional coaching certification through Erickson International. She recently founded Carullo Consulting, PLLC, a firm dedicated to delivering impactful consulting and coaching solutions. Alongside her entrepreneurial pursuits, she continues to provide pediatric anesthesiology care as a locum tenens physician, ensuring her hands-on expertise remains sharp and relevant.
A passionate advocate for pediatric pain management and palliative care, Dr. Carullo is dedicated to improving the lives of children and their families. Through her clinical, academic, and consulting work, her goal is to continue to champion innovative approaches that prioritize compassionate, patient- and family-centered care.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
1:00 PM - 1:15 PM
The PRO SIDE of the Use of Liposomal Bupivacaine in the Pediatric Population
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Bio
Dr.Chidambaran is an Endowed chair for Clinical and Translational Research in Anesthesia, Professor of Anesthesia and Vice Chief for Pain, Equity and Innovation, at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. She is the Director of the Peds Pain PAL Lal for personalization and analgesia and PI of multisite studies funded by the NIH and other foundation grants. She is also actively involved in various national societies and currently Secy/Treasurer for the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine, and Research Director of the Society of Pediatric Anesthesia Improvement Network. Her clinical interests are in pediatric pain, regional analgesia, fetal anesthesia and innovation to change outcomes. Her research focuses on psychosocial, epigenetic and immune research in acute to chronic post-surgical pain transitions in children and opioid pharmacogenetics
Thursday, March 31, 2022
6:15 AM - 7:30 AM
RTD #3: Psychophysical, Physiology and Data Mining Research Tools for Pediatric Pain and Their Clinical Implications
10:45 AM - 12:00 PM
Session IV: Hot Topics in Pain
Location: JW Marriott - Ybor V - Level 2
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Moderated Poster Sessions
Location: JW Marriott - Tampa Bay Ballroom 5 - Level 4
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Dr. Collins is a Clinical Associate Professor at Stanford University and works as a pediatric rehabilitation and pain physician at Stanford Medicine Children's Health. He is board certified in pediatrics, physical medicine and rehabilitation, pediatric rehabilitation medicine, and pain medicine, caring for children with disabling medical conditions including chronic pain.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
8:35 AM - 9:00 AM
Myofascial Pain Syndrome
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Thursday, March 31, 2022
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Pain and Symptom Management in Pediatric Palliative Care (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - Gasparilla - Level 2
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Dr. Davis has been involved in the evaluation and treatment of individuals with chronic pain as a Physical Therapist for over 30 years. She has worked in multidisciplinary teams with psychology, physiatry, anesthesia, biofeedback and other healthcare providers in meeting needs for adults and children. She is also involved in research, education and presents at local and national conferences regarding applications of physical therapy with chronic pain populations. She has recently been appointed to the Rared Disease Advisory Council in the Department of Health of the state of Florida. She holds membership in the Florida and American Physical Therapy Association. In addition, she has managed a support group for individuals with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome since 2016.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
8:10 AM - 8:35 AM
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome: Physical Therapy Perspective
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Bio
My clinical work, research, and teaching focuses on Multidisciplinary pain management with a special emphasis on minimally invasive interventional pain techniques in both children and adults. I direct the Pediatric Interventional Pain Program at Boston Children's Hospital and run its outcomes research projects. I am an Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology at the Harvard Medical School.
My background includes training in Neurology / Child Neurology at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Pain Medicine at the Harvard Combined Pain Fellowship through the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. I have a Master’s in business administration (M.B.A) through the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T) Sloan School of Management.
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Ultrasound Guided Interventional Techniques in Chronic Pain Management (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - HB Plant Ballroom CD - Level 2
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Associate Professor
Children's National Medical Center & George Washington University
Washington, DC
Bio
Robert Scott Dingeman, MD, MEd, FAAP, FASA is an assistant professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. His areas of clinical expertise are pediatric anesthesiology, pediatric regional anesthesiology and pediatric pain management.
Dr. Dingeman received his undergraduate degree in psychobiology from Occidental College in Los Angeles. He returned to his home state of Michigan where he earned his M.D. from the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in East Lansing and Grand Rapids. He completed his residency in anesthesiology at New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan, and subsequently finished his pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Dingeman has a strong interest in medical education and is the former program director of the Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is currently finishing his Master of Education in the Health Professions at the Johns Hopkins University School of Education.
Dr. Dingeman’s clinical research has focused on the use of regional anesthesiology techniques to reduce opioid consumption in children undergoing surgery. His recent research interests focus on using these same techniques to improve the quality of life in children living with life-threatening illnesses.
Among his many professional activities, Dr. Dingeman serves on the board of directors for the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine, and he was the program chair for the society’s 2018 annual meeting. He is an active member of a number of professional organizations including the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia, the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, and the International Association for the Study of Pain’s Special Interest Group on Pain in Childhood. Dr. Dingeman also serves on an international multidisciplinary consortium of experts who are creating global guidelines for supportive care in childhood oncology.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Pain and Symptom Management in Pediatric Palliative Care (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - Gasparilla - Level 2
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Bio
NA PBLD
Thursday, March 31, 2022
6:15 AM - 7:30 AM
PBLD #3: Perioperative Pain Management in the Child with Cerebral Palsy undergoing Proximal Femoral Osteotomy with Acetabuloplasty
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Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine
McMaster Children's Hospital
Canada
Bio
Dr. Sheri Findlay is an Associate Professor with the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine. Dr. Findlay graduated from McGill University and did her pediatric residency at Northwestern University in Chicago. She then completed a Fellowship in Adolescent Medicine at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. She has been working at McMaster Children’s Hospital since 1999.
Since starting at McMaster Dr Findlay has focused on the development of specialized services for youth including the successful creation of several interdisciplinary programs for youth with a wide variety of issues. Dr Findlay developed and led the first pediatric eating disorders program in the Hamilton area and has also developed the first Pediatric Chronic Pain Clinic. She remains the medical director of the Pediatric Chronic Pain Program at McMaster Children’s Hospital and is Co-Chair (Pediatric) of the Ontario Chronic Pain Network. Dr Findlay was involved with the founding and initial accreditation of specialty of Adolescent Medicine in Canada, and she is now the Chair of the Adolescent Medicine Specialty Committee at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and is a member of the examination board of the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Canada.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
11:20 AM - 11:35 AM
IASP Classification of Chronic Pain: Impact of a Common Nomenclature for Diagnosis
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Associate Professor of Anes & CCM
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA
Bio
I am a pediatric anesthesiologist with a special interest in regional anesthesia and acute pain management.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPA WORKSHOP: Advanced Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia (In-Person Only)
Location: Marriott - Meeting Room 11 - Level 3
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Bio
I am a 1st generation college graduate and oldest of three who is the Associate Anesthesiologist-in-Chief for one of the largest children's health systems in the United States. Also a father of three who enjoys trying to keep up with gen Z, hitting golf balls into the horizon, and a good espresso.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPA WORKSHOP: Advanced Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia (In-Person Only)
Location: Marriott - Meeting Room 11 - Level 3
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Associate Professor Anesthesia & Pediatrics
Cincinnati Children's Hosp & Med Ctr
Cincinnati, OH
Bio
Ken Goldschneider is Professor or Clinical Anesthesia and Pediatrics at Cincinnati Children's Hospital and the founding Director of the Pain Managment Center at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Many years ago, he postulated that Charlie Brown had functional abdominal pain. And so he now joins his most able colleagues to present this workshop on the Assessment, Conceptualization and Treatment abdominal pain. Good grief!
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Session II: The Gut-Brain Connection
Location: JW Marriott - Ybor V - Level 2
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: A Day in the Life of a Chronic Pain Patient in an Intensive Interdisciplinary Pain Treatment Program (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - HB Plant Ballroom B - Level 2
Thursday, March 31, 2022
6:15 AM - 7:30 AM
PBLD #1: Google says I have MALS and Need a Celiac Plexus Block! To Block or Not...There is More Than That Question.
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Associate Professor Anesthesia and Pain Management
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Bio
Dr. Golianu specializes in pediatric pain management and integrative medicine
Thursday, March 31, 2022
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Integrating Acupuncture in Pediatric Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - HB Plant Ballroom C - Level 2
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Clinical Psychologist; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Children's National Hospital
Washington, DC
Bio
Laura S. Gray, PhD, Behavioral Pain Medicine
Dr. Gray is a pediatric psychologist who completed her graduate school training in clinical psychology at The George Washington University, with internship training at Boston Children’s Hospital and went on to complete a pediatric pain fellowship at the Pain Treatment Service also at Boston Children’s Hospital. She currently serves as Director of the Behavioral Pain Medicine program at Children’s National Hospital. She provides behavioral treatments to patients with chronic pain conditions, acute and chronic headaches, concussions, and other nervous system disorders including Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS). Dr. Gray works as part of several interdisciplinary teams to provide evidence-based interventions for patients struggling with chronic pain. Dr. Gray utilizes an integrative rehabilitative approach focused on restoring functioning and preventing disability associated with chronic pain conditions. Therapies include pain-focused cognitive and behavioral skills, acceptance and commitment therapy, mindfulness training, self-guided hypnosis, and biofeedback. Dr. Gray also provides pediatric psychology training and supervision for psychology interns, postdoctoral fellows, and externs (graduate students). Dr. Gray is also an active participant in the Society of Pediatric Psychology and serves as the Pediatric Pain Special Interest Group Clinical Chair. Dr. Gray seeks to reduce mental health stigma and improve mental health treatment by engaging in mental health advocacy and community education through both local and national media outlets. Additionally, she has served on the Board of Directors for the Maryland Psychology Association. Her clinical and research interests include the impact of pain on social, emotional, and academic functioning, the associations of perfectionism and pain, and interventions that help improve patients’ quality of life.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
10:50 AM - 11:05 AM
Collision of Stressors: Intersection of Gender Identity and Chronic Pain
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Assistant Professor of Anesthesia
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
Thursday, March 31, 2022
7:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Session III: Pain Syndromes
Location: JW Marriott - Ybor V - Level 2
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Professor of Anesthesiology
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
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Thursday, March 31, 2022
1:15 PM - 1:30 PM
The CON Side - Liposomal Bupivacaine: Is it Just Better Packaging?
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Moderated Poster Sessions
Location: JW Marriott - Tampa Bay Ballroom 5 - Level 4
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Dr. Amy Hale is Clinical Lead of the Comfort Ability Program within Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital. She is an Attending Psychologist in the Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition where she is a provider in the multidisciplinary Functional Abdominal Pain Program, and is an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. Her clinical and research interests include chronic pain, functional gastrointestinal symptoms, and dissemination of evidence-based treatments.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
6:15 AM - 7:30 AM
RTD #2: Getting the "Buy In" for Psychology: Proven Strategies for Providers and Systems to Increase Patient Access and Engagement with Evidence-based Psychological Intervention for Pediatric Pain
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Associate Professor in Pediatric Anesthesiology & Pain Management
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
Bio
Dr. Cheryl Hartzell is a pediatric anesthesiologist and chronic and interventional pain physician at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Associate Professor at University of Cincinnati School of Medicine. She completed both pediatric anesthesia and pediatric pain medicine fellowships at Cincinnati Children’s. Her clinical passion includes forming partnerships with surgical specialties to identify patients who have chronic pain and functional disability and may be surgical candidates, engaging them early in the evaluation process with the multidisciplinary pain approach to optimize perioperative and functional outcomes. She has led the collaboration to form the Thoracic Outlet Multidisciplinary Clinic at Cincinnati Children's, developing novel pain interventional procedures in the pediatric population to prevent surgical need and improve functional outcomes. She works with the CCHMC Pancreas Care Center as one of the pain physicians evaluating patients with recurrent and chronic pancreatitis. She is also one of the lead investigators with the Pancreas Care Center examining pain and quality of life outcomes following Total Pancreatectomy and Islet Auto-transplantation. Her other research interests include utilizing mindfulness techniques in the perioperative population to improve post-operative functional outcomes, in which she was awarded the SPA Young Investigator Award. Being from Wisconsin, she is a die-hard Packers fan (even though she married a Chicago Bears fan), and an avid ultra-endurance cyclist.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
6:15 AM - 7:30 AM
PBLD #1: Google says I have MALS and Need a Celiac Plexus Block! To Block or Not...There is More Than That Question.
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Professor, Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine and Pediatrics
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Bio
Stephen Robert Hays, MS, MD, FAAP (he/they) is Professor of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine and Pediatrics at University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry (URSMD), Director of Resident Scholarship and Associate Vice-Chair for Faculty Development in the URSMD Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, and Director of Pediatric Pain Medicine at University of Rochester Medicine Golisano Children's Hospital.
A native of Syracuse, NY and Presidential Scholar, Dr. Hays earned simultaneous B.S. / M.S. in Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry summa cum laude with Distinction in the Major from Yale University, New Haven, CT where they were elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa. They earned their M.D. from The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD where they remained for Internship & Residency in Pediatrics, Residency in Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, and Fellowships in Pediatric Anesthesia & Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Hays is Board-Certified in Pediatrics, Anesthesiology, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Hospice & Palliative Medicine, and Pediatric Anesthesiology.
Dr. Hays was appointed Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology & Pediatrics at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN in 1999, and promoted to Associate Professor in 2006. They developed the Vanderbilt Pediatric Pain Service and subsequently the Vanderbilt Pediatric Pain Clinic, and served as Director of Pediatric Pain Services at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt (MCJCHV). Dr. Hays received a 2004-2005 Vanderbilt Department of Anesthesiology Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching, as well as the 2011 Sandidge Pediatric Pain Management Award in Recognition of Outstanding Contributions to Pediatric Pain Management at MCJCHV. Dr. Hays moved to the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA as Clinical Professor of Anesthesia & Pediatrics and Director of Pediatric Pain Services at University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital in 2019, and served as Vice-Chair for Faculty Affairs & Development in the Department of Anesthesia of the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. They moved to URSMD in 2024.
Dr. Hays is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and a member of the AAP including its Sections on Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine (SOAPM), Critical Care Medicine, and Hospice & Palliative Medicine (SOHPM). They serve on the AAP SOHPM Membership & Internal Communications Work Group, and have served on the AAP SOAPM Executive Committee. They are a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), and have served on the ASA Committees on Pediatric Anesthesiology and Hospice & Palliative Medicine. A Full Examiner for the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA), they serve on the ABA Objective Standardized Clinical Examination Committee and as the ABA representative to the American Board of Internal Medicine Hospice & Palliative Medicine Advisory Committee, and have served on the ABA Standardized Oral Exam (SOE) Committee. Dr. Hays is a member of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA), and was in 2025 was elected President of the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine (SPPM), having previously served on the SPPM Board of Directors and then as SPPM Secretary-Treasurer and then Vice President.
Dr. Hays' clinical practice focuses on perioperative care of children of all ages, with particular interests in pediatric regional anesthesia, pediatric pain management, and pediatric palliative care. Their clinical time is divided among the pediatric operating room, the inpatient pediatric pain & palliative care services, and various pediatric outpatient clinics. Their research interests have included industry-funded pharmaceutical licensing studies of analgesic agents in children, as well as multi-institutional studies of potential pediatric anesthetic neurotoxicity. Dr. Hays regularly presents at local, regional, and national meetings, and has been a named author on numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts, textbook chapters, and online enduring educational content. Dr. Hays and their wife Deborah have two adult sons.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
1:00 PM - 1:40 PM
Session V: The Great Debate - Liposomal Bupivacaine Pro/Con
Location: JW Marriott - Ybor V - Level 2
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Alyson Hermé is a Pediatric Psychologist at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Division of Anesthesiology in the Pediatric Pain Medicine Clinic. She received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Loma Linda University. She specializes in treating a variety of chronic pain patients across several domains including inpatient, inpatient rehabilitation programs, outpatient pain clinic, and pain focused psychotherapy. Patients that present for services vary across gender, race, ethnicity, and socio-economic status which has allowed Dr. Hermé to work with a variety of barriers that come up across levels of treatment. She works alongside physicians conducting evaluations for patients with pediatric chronic pain (initial assessments as well as follow up appointments). She also providers pain focused psychotherapy to patients. She provides psychological consultations for inpatient’s who are having a difficult time managing pain as part of the Inpatient Pain Medicine Service. Consultations can include hospitalized chronic pain patients experiencing acute on chronic pain, post-surgical patients having a difficult time managing pain, as well as patients presenting with new onset pain. Additionally, she is also a member of the Inpatient Pain Rehabilitation team and acts as a primary therapist for patients engaged in the program. Through her work across various settings Dr. Hermé has been able to garner a knowledge of what barriers can impact engaging in treatment recommendations across levels of care. Dr. Herme’s research interests include pediatric pain, chronic illness, anxiety, disordered eating, evidence-based treatments, and health disparities.
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: A Day in the Life of a Chronic Pain Patient in an Intensive Interdisciplinary Pain Treatment Program (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - HB Plant Ballroom B - Level 2
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Assistant Professor, Director of Pediatric Pain
American Family Children's Hospital / University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
Madison, WI
Bio
Dr. Hylton specializes in both pediatric anesthesiology and acute pain and regional anesthesiology. He is an Assistant Professor within the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. He also serves as Director of Pediatric Acute Pain at the American Family Children's Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin. His academic and research interests include pediatric acute pain, enhanced recovery, resident education, and simulation.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPA WORKSHOP: Advanced Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia (In-Person Only)
Location: Marriott - Meeting Room 11 - Level 3
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Associate Professor
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, TN
Bio
Dr. Liza-Marie Johnson is an Associate Member in Oncology and Director of the Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Hospitalist Program at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, TN. Dr. Johnson is a physician and bioethicist specializing in clinical and research ethics whose academic focus is on improving patient-provider communication and informed consent. Nationally active in bioethics, she is Chair of the Children’s Oncology Group Bioethics Committee, ethicist on the Pediatric Heart Network’s Data Safety and Monitoring Board (DSMB), section editor for the research ethics case series in the American Journal of Bioethics, and a steering committee member for the Clinical Research Ethics Consultation (CREC) Collaborative.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Pain and Symptom Management in Pediatric Palliative Care (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - Gasparilla - Level 2
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Bio
Dr. Joseph is the Director of Physical Therapy at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and adjunct faculty at the University of Maryland school of medicine Physical Therapy and rehabilitation science program (PTRS). He received his masters in physical therapy from Thomas Jefferson University and his doctorate from Acardia University. He has 31 year of clinical pediatric experience in a variety of service delivery systems. His current area of care concentrates on children and adults with rare disorders with a specialty in Connective disorders with a focus in osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). He co-authored a book chapter on the rehabilitative care for adults with OI and has is a team member participating in the natural history study through the osteogenesis imperfecta foundation. He is the primary physical therapists in the pediatric pain and functional neurological symptom disorder clinic at Kennedy Krieger, where he uses his expertise in connective tissue disorders and sensory modulation disorders to help the patients get the services and delivery model that they need to improve their function.
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: A Day in the Life of a Chronic Pain Patient in an Intensive Interdisciplinary Pain Treatment Program (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - HB Plant Ballroom B - Level 2
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Chief, Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology
Cohen Children's Medical Center
New Hyde Park, NY
Bio
Dr. Michelle Kars is the Chief of Pediatric Anesthesiology at Cohen Children’s Medical Center, Northwell Health in New York. She completed her training in both pediatrics and anesthesiology at New York Presbyterian Weill-Cornell in New York, followed by a fellowship in pediatric anesthesia at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Dr. Kars is also the Director of the Pediatric Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Service at Cohen Children’s Medical Center. She is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ Northwell where she currently serves as the program director for the pediatric anesthesia fellowship. Dr. Kars clinical and research interests include pediatric regional anesthesia, pain management, and pediatric point-of-care ultrasound. She currently serves on the editorial board for Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine journal and is the chair of the pediatric SIG for ASRAPM. Dr. Kars is the program chair for the 2024 SPPM annual meeting.
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Fascial Plane Blocks: Expanding Pediatric Regional Anesthesia for Every-day Practice (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - HB Plant Ballroom A - Level 2
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Associate Professor
The Hospital for Sick Children/University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Bio
Dr. Deepa Kattail is a pediatric anesthesiologist and pain physician at The Hospital for Sick Children and associate professor at the University of Toronto. She is an active member of the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine where she is currently an executive board member and chair of the communications committee. Dr. Kattail is involved in various organizations advocating for improvements in pain care at the national and provincial levels in Canada, as pediatric co-chair of the Ontario Chronic Pain network, affiliated with Ontario’s Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, member of the National Advisory Committee for Pain Canada and an inaugural board director of a newly launched non-profit, Pain Ontario. She was honoured as a 2023 fellow of The May Day Pain & Society fellowship.
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
1:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Welcome
Location: JW Marriott - Ybor V - Level 2
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Session I: KEYNOTE Speaker
Location: JW Marriott - Ybor V - Level 2
Thursday, March 31, 2022
7:35 AM - 7:45 AM
Welcome (Part II)/Housekeeping
Location: JW Marriott - Ybor V - Level 2
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Moderated Poster Sessions
Location: JW Marriott - Tampa Bay Ballroom 5 - Level 4
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Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
Bio
Dr. Eugene Kim completed his Anesthesia residency at Stony Brook Medicine in New York and Pain Medicine fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. He then went on to a second fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesia at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, where he currently serves as Division Chief of Pain Medicine.
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: A Day in the Life of a Chronic Pain Patient in an Intensive Interdisciplinary Pain Treatment Program (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - HB Plant Ballroom B - Level 2
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Associate Professor
Emory University Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
Bio
Dr. Jamie Kitzman is a pediatric anesthesiologist at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston and Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine. She is also a board-certified Medical Acupuncture and a member of the Inpatient Pain Services at Egleston. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine. She is an active member of their Editorial Board, Education Committee, and Advocacy Committee. Her advocacy efforts focus on increasing awareness of non-pharmacologic methods of pain management and the prevention of adolescent opioid misuse. Her research interest includes the use of non-pharmacologic tools in the perioperative period, in chronic pain management, and in the prevention/treatment of opioid use disorders. When she is not busy running around in the OR, Preop Clinic, or Acupuncture clinic, she a proud mother, chasing around her young twins.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Moderated Poster Sessions
Location: JW Marriott - Tampa Bay Ballroom 5 - Level 4
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Integrating Acupuncture in Pediatric Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - HB Plant Ballroom C - Level 2
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Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
Bio
Anjali Koka, MD is an pediatric anesthesiologist and pediatric pain medicine physician at Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA. Clinically, she specializes in pediatric pain management, pain interventions, regional analgesia and perioperative pain management. She manages in-and outpatients with pediatric chronic pain conditions. She is the program director for the Pediatric Pain Medicine Fellowship at BCH and directs the inpatient pain treatment service.
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Ultrasound Guided Interventional Techniques in Chronic Pain Management (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - HB Plant Ballroom CD - Level 2
Thursday, March 31, 2022
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM
Interdisciplinary Management of Acute Cancer Pain
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Pain and Symptom Management in Pediatric Palliative Care (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - Gasparilla - Level 2
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Professor of Anesthesiology & Pediatrics, Emeritus
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford Children's Health, Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford
Bio
Elliot Krane is a graduate of Reed College in Portland, Oregon where he had the Dana Scholarship for Excellence in Humanities, and the University of Arizona School of Medicine. He completed residencies in pediatrics and anesthesiology at the Massachusetts General Hospital, then a fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology and critical care at Boston Children's Hospital.
After medical training he moved to Seattle, WA as a faculty member at the University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital (then called Children's Orthopedic Hospital). There he and his colleague Donald C. Tyler, MD started a pain clinic for children in 1984. In 1994 he become the Chief of Pediatric Anesthesiology at Stanford University, until 2003 at which time he stepped down, but continued as the Chief of Pediatric Pain Management, the position he holds today. He holds board certification in Pediatrics, Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, and Pain Management, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and a member of the Association of University Anesthesiologists.
Krane has received the Physician’s Recognition Award in both Anesthesiology and Pediatric Critical from the American Medical Association, the Best Poster Award from the Vienna International Congress on Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care, the Jeffrey Lawson Award for Advocacy in Children’s Pain Relief from the American Pain Society, and the Ellis N. Cohen Achievement Award from Stanford University.
Elliot lives in Menlo Park with his wife Maria Amundson, a Stanford Distinguished Careers Fellow and two Australian terriers.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
6:15 AM - 7:30 AM
RTD #1: Pediatric Pain Medicine...Then and Now
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Professor, Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
Golisano Children's Hospital, University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Bio
Anesthesiologist in Chief, Golisano Children's Hospital and University of Rochester.
Professor Dept. Of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
University of Rochester, NY
Thursday, March 31, 2022
7:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Session III: Pain Syndromes
Location: JW Marriott - Ybor V - Level 2
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Assistant Professor
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
Bio
Dr Christine Lamontagne is a pediatric anesthesiologist, pain physician and clinical researcher at CHEO (Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario). She is the Medical Director of the Chronic Pain Service and has lead the creation of an interdisciplinary chronic pain clinic. She has Co-Chaired the development of the Ontario Pediatric Chronic Pain Network which led to the funding of 4 pediatric interdisciplinary clinics and one intensive pain rehabilitation program and improved access to interdisciplinary chronic pain care for all children across Ontario. Her areas of interest in research are related to acute and chronic pain management, with ongoing research projects in partnership with other Canadian Pain clinics.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
9:00 AM - 9:25 AM
Does ACNES Stand for Abdominal Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment Syndrome or for Absolutely Controversial Neurological Explanation Suggested?
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Pediatric Anesthesiologist
Lurie Children's Hospital, Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
Bio
Dr Lazar is a pediatric anesthesiologist at Anne and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago where she serves as a co-director of resident education for pediatric anesthesia and is actively involved in creating and running educational workshops and new curricula. She is also a member of the regional anesthesia and pain management service and co-leads the Spinal Anesthesia Program. Her interests are regional anesthesia and pain management, thoracic anesthesia and education.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
1:40 PM - 2:30 PM
Session VI: Compassionate Care for the Pediatric Cancer Patient
Location: JW Marriott - Ybor V - Level 2
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Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, Perioperative, and Pain Medicine
Emory/Pediatric Institute
Atlanta, GA
Bio
Dr. Lee is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics at the Emory University School of Medicine and the Emory Pediatric Institute. He is a board certified in Pediatric Anesthesiology and Pediatric Palliative Medicine. He has an interest in pediatric chronic pain medicine, pediatric regional anesthesia, global health, and in patient safety and quality improvement.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Session VII: Poster Awards/Presentations
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Galaxy Li is a pediatric anesthesiologist and chief of pain medicine at Nemours Children’s Health Jacksonville. His clinical and research interests span from pediatric acute to chronic pain to environmental sustainability in medicine. As a graduate of the University of North Carolina, he acquired his bachelor’s degrees with honors distinction in chemistry and piano performance. Li earned his medical degree at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and completed a residency in anesthesiology at the University of Florida College of Medicine. He continued his training with two fellowships – pediatric anesthesiology with Emory University at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, and pain medicine with Harvard Medical School at Children’s Hospital Boston. Dr. Li is certified by the American Board of Anesthesiology with subspecialty certifications in pediatric anesthesiology and pain medicine. He serves on faculty at Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, on the board of directors for the Society of Pediatric Pain Medicine, on the board of directors for the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia Improvement Network, and as editor of SPPM Newsletter.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
7:45 AM - 8:10 AM
The Evolving Conundrum of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome in Children
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Moderated Poster Sessions
Location: JW Marriott - Tampa Bay Ballroom 5 - Level 4
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Senior Associate in Periopertive Anesthesia and Pain Medicine,
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
Bio
Senior Associate in Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
Children's Hospital Boston
Associate Professor of Anaesthesia and Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Thursday, March 31, 2022
1:40 PM - 2:30 PM
Session VI: Compassionate Care for the Pediatric Cancer Patient
Location: JW Marriott - Ybor V - Level 2
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Integrating Acupuncture in Pediatric Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - HB Plant Ballroom C - Level 2
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Wednesday, March 30, 2022
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Fascial Plane Blocks: Expanding Pediatric Regional Anesthesia for Every-day Practice (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - HB Plant Ballroom A - Level 2
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Bio
Melissa Masaracchia, M.D. is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Health and Program Director for the Pediatric Anesthesia fellowship at Cohen Children’s Medical Center. She obtained her medical degree at New York Medical College in 2011, completed residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in 2015 and went on to complete fellowship training both in adult regional anesthesia and acute pain management and in pediatric anesthesiology in 2016 and 2018, respectively. She serves on the editorial board for the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia’s Question of the Week Program.
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Fascial Plane Blocks: Expanding Pediatric Regional Anesthesia for Every-day Practice (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - HB Plant Ballroom A - Level 2
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Associate Professor of Anaesthesia
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
Bio
Dr Petra Meier Haran is a senior, full term Faculty member of the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine and an Associate Professor of Anaesthesia of Harvard Medical School. She has a broad spectrum of research interests in the area of chronic pain, pharmacokinetic studies of antifibrinolytics and local anesthetics, research projects with the local robotic research group, and national research projects with the national Craniofacial Collaborative Group (PCCG) and urology robotic research group. With the emerging COVID-19 crisis, Dr Meier realized the need for the pediatric community to exchange clinical experience, share data and consequently built an international pediatric anesthesia collaboration for multicenter COVID-19 studies and the Pediatric Anesthesia COVID Collaborative (PEACOC) was born.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Moderated Poster Sessions
Location: JW Marriott - Tampa Bay Ballroom 5 - Level 4
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Constance L. Monitto, M.D., is an Associate Professor in the Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children’s Center of the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Her clinical work centers on the anesthetic management of pediatric patients experiencing illnesses of varying levels of severity, as well as perioperative pediatric acute pain management. Her research has evaluated institutional and national pediatric pain management practices, methods to minimize opioid-related side effects, monitoring paradigms to help identify opioid-related respiratory depression, and postoperative opioid prescribing in the setting of the ongoing opioid epidemic. She has also participated in translational studies examining the impact of genetic and behavioral factors on inter-individual differences in opioid analgesic responsiveness, adverse effects, and pain perception.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Moderated Poster Sessions
Location: JW Marriott - Tampa Bay Ballroom 5 - Level 4
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Bio
Dr. Nafiu is a Professor of Pediatrics and Anesthesiology and presently serves as the Vice Chair for Research and Pediatrics at the Montefiore Albert Einstein Anesthesiology Department, Bronx, NY. He is also the Section Editor for Health Disparity. Dr. Nafiu is passionate about the role of research in enhancing institutional tripartite mission. He enjoys mentoring peers and junior faculty and trainees in their research pursuit.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
6:15 AM - 7:30 AM
RTD #3: Psychophysical, Physiology and Data Mining Research Tools for Pediatric Pain and Their Clinical Implications
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Associate Professor
Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, TX
Bio
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Texas Children's Hospital
Thursday, March 31, 2022
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPA WORKSHOP: Advanced Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia (In-Person Only)
Location: Marriott - Meeting Room 11 - Level 3
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Bio
Professor
Division Chief, General Anesthesia
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Fascial Plane Blocks: Expanding Pediatric Regional Anesthesia for Every-day Practice (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - HB Plant Ballroom A - Level 2
Thursday, March 31, 2022
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPA WORKSHOP: Advanced Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia (In-Person Only)
Location: Marriott - Meeting Room 11 - Level 3
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Bio
Sophie Pestieau is on faculty at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC, where she is the Vice-Chief of Clinical Affairs in the Division of Anesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative Medicine, and the Medical Director in the Center for Surgical Care. For many years, she has been an active member of the Acute Pain Medicine and Regional Anesthesia services. From an academic standpoint, she is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine. Her areas of expertise and research focus on improving perioperative outcomes of children, by emphasizing the use regional anesthesia, multimodal analgesia, and clinical care pathways such as the perioperative surgical home and ERAS protocols.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
1:00 PM - 1:40 PM
Session V: The Great Debate - Liposomal Bupivacaine Pro/Con
Location: JW Marriott - Ybor V - Level 2
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Moderated Poster Sessions
Location: JW Marriott - Tampa Bay Ballroom 5 - Level 4
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Thursday, March 31, 2022
9:25 AM - 9:55 AM
Person Living With Pain (In Collaboration with US Pain Foundation)
Lyric's Journey with CRPS
Lyric's Journey with CRPS
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Thursday, March 31, 2022
9:25 AM - 9:55 AM
Person Living With Pain (In Collaboration with US Pain Foundation)
Lyric's Journey with CRPS
Lyric's Journey with CRPS
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Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Elisha Peterson MD PLLC
Washington, DC
Bio
Elisha Peterson MD MEd FAAP FASA is a Harvard-trained pain medicine physician, triple board certified anesthesiologist, and TEDx speaker. She is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at George Washington Hospital and former director of Chronic Pain at Children's National. In addition to helping thousands of children, adolescents, and young adults get their lives back from chronic pain, she is the host of the Sevo Sistas podcast- a podcast to demystify and diversity the field of anesthesiology all within the duration of an anesthesia break. She is also co-editor on the pediatric section of the Open Anesthesia podcast. She has peer reviewed publications and book chapters on chronic pain. Her passion as a medical educator motivated her to speak on national stages on the importance of improving the quality of care for children with chronic pain.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
6:15 AM - 7:30 AM
PBLD #2: How to Develop an Outpatient Acute Migraine Plan for the Pediatric Pain Specialist
11:05 AM - 11:20 AM
It Hurt Too Much to Cry so Instead He Smiled: Racial Inequities in Pain Management
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Thursday, March 31, 2022
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Pain and Symptom Management in Pediatric Palliative Care (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - Gasparilla - Level 2
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Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, MA
Bio
My passion for working with at risk youth and adolescents has remained constant throughout my professional growth, and I continue to focus on ways to improve care for the young adolescent and young adult populations related to chronic pain. My professional efforts center on using a multidisciplinary approach to manage chronic pediatric pain. My specific interests include cancer related, perioperative planning and functional abdominal pain, in children with an incorporation of interventional techniques.
As medical liaison to the Comfort Ability Program (CAP) I am collaborating with our pain psychologists to develop specialized programs targeted at the abdominal pain and cancer pain related populations.
In 2020, in collaboration with Dana Faber Cancer Institute (DFCI) and Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) Orthopedics departments to work to develop the Clinic of Oncological Pain Excellence (COPE) program, which prioritizes a multidiscipline approach for manage acute and chronic pain management within the solid tumor population.
My research interests are focused on the value of interventional that improve on the management of chronic pain. Specific to the oncology population I am interested in identifying interventions that can be incorporated before during and after cancer treatment that will have a long-term positive impact on pain control and outcomes.
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Ultrasound Guided Interventional Techniques in Chronic Pain Management (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - HB Plant Ballroom CD - Level 2
Thursday, March 31, 2022
6:15 AM - 7:30 AM
RTD #2: Getting the "Buy In" for Psychology: Proven Strategies for Providers and Systems to Increase Patient Access and Engagement with Evidence-based Psychological Intervention for Pediatric Pain
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Pain and Symptom Management in Pediatric Palliative Care (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - Gasparilla - Level 2
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Assistant Professor
Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Division of Pain Medicine and University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine
Los Angeles
Bio
Dr. Rosales is a pediatric pain psychologist and University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology. She works at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, where her roles include Co-Director of the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) Inpatient Chronic Pain Rehabilitation Program, and Lead Psychologist in the Division of Pain Medicine. Dr. Rosales’ clinical work is augmented by her research in pain and social media and Latinx health disparities.
Webpage
https://www.chla.org/profile/alvina-rosales-phd
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: A Day in the Life of a Chronic Pain Patient in an Intensive Interdisciplinary Pain Treatment Program (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - HB Plant Ballroom B - Level 2
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Assistant Professor Anesthesiology and Pediatrics
UNC Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Bio
Dr. Elizabeth Ross is a pediatric anesthesiologist at UNC-Children's Hospital. She is also member of the UNC-Children's Hospital Acute Pediatric Pain and Regional team where she actively treats patients and teaches residents and fellows to do the same. She is actively involved in the department's DEI committee, and serves as a University Ally for all within the UNC medical system. She is passionate about educating future physicians and improving the pediatric patient pain experience.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPA WORKSHOP: Advanced Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia (In-Person Only)
Location: Marriott - Meeting Room 11 - Level 3
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Thursday, March 31, 2022
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPA WORKSHOP: Advanced Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia (In-Person Only)
Location: Marriott - Meeting Room 11 - Level 3
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Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
Bio
Ravi D. Shah, MD is an academic pediatric anesthesiologist at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, where her serves as Division Head of Pain Medicine and Program Director for the Pediatric Anesthesiology Fellowship at Northwestern University. His areas of interest include regional anesthesia, acute and chronic pain management, and medical education.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPA WORKSHOP: Advanced Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia (In-Person Only)
Location: Marriott - Meeting Room 11 - Level 3
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Dr. Leslie Sim is a Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology in the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine. She is a board certified clinical child and adolescent psychologist who specializes in pediatric chronic pain, as well as adolescent eating disorders. Dr. Sim is a consultant in the Mayo Clinic Pediatric Pain Rehabilitation Center Program, an intensive pain management program serving adolescents and young adults with high impact chronic pain, autonomic dysfunction and functional neurological symptom disorder. She has published 72 peer reviewed articles on chronic pain, eating disorders, as well as the continuum of disordered eating in medical populations.
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
2:55 PM - 3:20 PM
When Eating is a Pain: Identification and Treatment of Eating Disturbance in Pediatric Chronic Pain
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Founder & CEO
Multidisciplinary Pain Center
Rockville MD
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Ultrasound Guided Interventional Techniques in Chronic Pain Management (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - HB Plant Ballroom CD - Level 2
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Associate Professor , Director Pediatric regional anesthesia faculty fellowship program. Seattle Children's Hospital , Seattle , WA.
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Fascial Plane Blocks: Expanding Pediatric Regional Anesthesia for Every-day Practice (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - HB Plant Ballroom A - Level 2
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Dr. Tassone is Chief of Anesthesia at HCA Florida Palms West Hospital. She serves as the Chair of the Research Committee for the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine and has an interest in integrative medicine and medical acupuncture.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Session VII: Poster Awards/Presentations
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Integrating Acupuncture in Pediatric Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - HB Plant Ballroom C - Level 2
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Instructor in Anaesthesia
Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
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Dr. Cynthia Tung received her medical degree from the University of Iowa College of Medicine. She completed her residency training in anesthesiology at the University of Maryland Medical Center, her pediatric anesthesiology fellowship at Boston Children's Hospital and her Medical Acupuncture training at Harvard. She received her Master in Public Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She has been practicing pediatric anesthesiology since 2007 and medical acupuncture since 2010.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Integrating Acupuncture in Pediatric Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - HB Plant Ballroom C - Level 2
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Donald C. Tyler graduated from Brown University and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Following Residencies in Pediatrics and Anesthesiology, he joined the staff at Seattle Children’s Hospital where he practiced Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine.
In 1988 he and Elliot Krane organized the First International Symposium on Pediatric Pain, held in Seattle. From this meeting developed the Special Interest Group on Pain in Childhood of the International Association for the Study of Pain.
In 1998 Dr Tyler moved to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He retired from active practice in 2013 and is currently the Executive Director of Wake up Safe, a Quality Improvement Initiative of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
6:15 AM - 7:30 AM
RTD #1: Pediatric Pain Medicine...Then and Now
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Angelica Vargas is an assistant professor at Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. She is currently the Medical Director of the Chronic Pain Service and also an active member of the Acute Pain and Regional Anesthesia Service. She is an Associate Program Director of the Pediatric Anesthesia Fellowship.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPA WORKSHOP: Advanced Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia (In-Person Only)
Location: Marriott - Meeting Room 11 - Level 3
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Dr. Vecchione is an assistant professor of pediatric anesthesiology and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins University. She completed an anesthesiology residency at Montefiore Medical Center followed by a pediatric anesthesia fellowship at Texas Children’s Hospital. She then completed a second fellowship in pediatric acute pain management and regional anesthesia at Boston Children’s Hospital. She is the director of the pediatric regional anesthesia and acute pain services. She is also the director of the infant spinal program. Her research has focused on the role of regional anesthesia and multi-modal pain regimens in pediatric patients to reduce opioid consumption in an era of an opioid epidemic. She has published on the use of ultrasound in clinical care for pediatric patients. She has lectured at various national conferences on pediatric regional anesthesia and acute pain medicine and taught at numerous workshops in pediatric regional anesthesia.
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: Fascial Plane Blocks: Expanding Pediatric Regional Anesthesia for Every-day Practice (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - HB Plant Ballroom A - Level 2
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Associate Research Scientist
University of Michigan Medical Center
Ann Arbor, MI
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Terri Voepel-Lewis has more than 40 years of experience in the field of pediatric nursing, with expertise in pediatric pain, analgesic decision-making, and analgesic-related outcomes. She currently teaches and mentors undergraduate, graduate and postdoctoral students in the School of Nursing and in the Departments of Anesthesiology and Pediatrics at University of Michigan. For more than two decades, Dr. Voepel-Lewis has independently and collaboratively conducted clinical research related to pain and symptom assessment, multimodal pain management, and prescription opioid use and misuse in children and adolescent populations. These collaborations have generated more than 150 peer-reviewed publications, many of which are widely cited. Her early research established and refined methods to assess and interpret pain and related symptoms in hospitalized children, helping to advance our understanding and the clinical practice of pediatric pain management.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Moderated Poster Sessions
Location: JW Marriott - Tampa Bay Ballroom 5 - Level 4
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Assistant Professor
American Family Children's Hospital, University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI
Thursday, March 31, 2022
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
SPA WORKSHOP: Advanced Ultrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia (In-Person Only)
Location: Marriott - Meeting Room 11 - Level 3
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UMDNJ- New Jersey Medical School
NYU- Anesthesiology residency
Yale School of Medicine- Fellowship in Pediatric anesthesia
Faculty at Yale School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology 1996-2010
Faculty at UCI Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Health 2010-2011
Clinical faculty Department of Anesthesiology University of Connecticut 2011-present
Thursday, March 31, 2022
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
WORKSHOP: Integrating Acupuncture in Pediatric Perioperative Care and Pain Medicine (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - HB Plant Ballroom C - Level 2
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Thursday, March 31, 2022
6:15 AM - 7:30 AM
PBLD #3: Perioperative Pain Management in the Child with Cerebral Palsy undergoing Proximal Femoral Osteotomy with Acetabuloplasty
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Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
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Since my fellowship in Pediatric Anesthesiology at Boston Children's Hospital, I have had a strong interest in pediatric pain medicine as well as pediatric anesthesia, including regional blocks. I did a second fellowship at Boston Children's in Pain Medicine and stayed on the staff there until I was recruited to start the Pediatric Pain Service at Mayo Clinic, Rochester. My work at Mayo has been balanced between operative pediatric anesthesia and pediatric pain. This has led to my involvement in the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine, eventually having been president from 2021 to 2023.
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
1:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Welcome
Location: JW Marriott - Ybor V - Level 2
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM
Session I: KEYNOTE Speaker
Location: JW Marriott - Ybor V - Level 2
Thursday, March 31, 2022
7:35 AM - 7:45 AM
Welcome (Part II)/Housekeeping
Location: JW Marriott - Ybor V - Level 2
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Moderated Poster Sessions
Location: JW Marriott - Tampa Bay Ballroom 5 - Level 4
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Dr. Sara Williams is a pain psychologist specializing in assessment, treatment, and research of pediatric chronic pain at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. She is the founder and Clinical Director of the Functional Independence Restoration Program, an intensive interdisciplinary pain treatment program for chronic pain rehabilitation. In her academic role as a Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Affiliated at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Dr. Williams teaches trainees in psychology and medicine about pain psychology. She is the Co-Director of the fellowship program in Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology and is a co-investigator on multiple NIH funded projects investigating pediatric chronic pain.
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Session II: The Gut-Brain Connection
Location: JW Marriott - Ybor V - Level 2
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
WORKSHOP: A Day in the Life of a Chronic Pain Patient in an Intensive Interdisciplinary Pain Treatment Program (In-Person Only)
Location: JW Marriott - HB Plant Ballroom B - Level 2
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Dr. Windsor is an acute and chronic pediatric pain specialist practicing in Greenville, SC. He completed his training in Pediatric and Pain Management at Boston Children's Hospital. He is board-certified in Pediatrics, Headache Medicine, and Medical Acupuncture. He is Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics and adjunct faculty in Anesthesiology and Psychiatry at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville. In 2018, he founded the Pediatric Pain program at Prisma Health, serving patients in South Carolina, North Carolina, and Eastern Tennessee.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
6:15 AM - 7:30 AM
PBLD #2: How to Develop an Outpatient Acute Migraine Plan for the Pediatric Pain Specialist
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Associate Professor
Texas Children's Hospital / Baylor College of Medicine
Austin, TX
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I believe that good medicine starts with a compassion for people and a mind to serve those in need…
I began my journey into medicine as an electrical engineer. Intrigued by radiofrequency transmission systems and cartilage regeneration, I completed graduate study focusing on nanoparticles and mechanokinetic device design. I ventured into medicine with a mind geared towards research in pediatric outcomes and improving the anesthesia delivery and monitoring systems designed for smaller patients.
My interests in quality improvement associated with regional anesthesiology for pediatric patients, led me to serve as the Principal Investigator for the national Pediatric regional anesthesia network (PRAN) at Texas Children’s Hospital, with a focus on improving pediatric regional anesthesia drug delivery and quality outcomes. As a pediatric regional anesthesiologist and pain management specialist it is my aim to advance the practice of regional anesthesia and pain medicine in infants and children through safe and efficacious drug delivery. The incorporation of new peripheral nerve blocks brings both excitement and responsibility among anesthesiologists. My expertise in regional anesthesiology has permit me to transcend the perioperative environment and form a collaborative network that enhances pain delivery streams for a multitude of children in the oncology and hematology realm.
Equally important to the advancement of pediatric pain medicine is my role as an educator. Along the course of my anesthesiology faculty development, I have taken an active role in the teaching of medical students, residents and fellows through curriculum development, lecture series, workshops and interactive small-group teaching sessions. I am committed to advocating for student education while upholding the highest standards of medical care. I look forward to enhancing the practice of pediatric anesthesiology in continuing to learn from and with medical students, resident-physicians, and colleagues, reviewing the best practices and critically assessing the present standards with evidence-based medicine.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Moderated Poster Sessions
Location: JW Marriott - Tampa Bay Ballroom 5 - Level 4
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During his distinguished career at Johns Hopkins and the University of Colorado, Myron Yaster, MD has changed the practice of anesthesiology, pediatrics, pediatric pain medicine and pediatric critical care medicine locally, nationally, and internationally. He has mentored more than 150 faculty and fellows who have gone on to establish independent, distinguished careers in academic and private practice medicine.
Dr. Yaster is board-certified in Pediatrics, Anesthesiology, Pediatric Anesthesia, and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. After completing residencies in Pediatrics (Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh) and Anesthesiology (University of Pennsylvania) and fellowships in Pediatric Anesthesia and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania) he joined the Hopkins faculty in 1982. He retired from Hopkins in 2016 and joined the faculty at the University of Colorado. He retired from the University of Colorado in 2021. In retirement he edits the daily Ron Litman’s Pediatric Anesthesia Article of the Day which reaches a daily audience of over 5,900 readers in 99 countries.
In an ongoing series of clinical and laboratory experiments that started shortly after his arrival at Hopkins, Dr. Yaster has been at the forefront of studies that demonstrated that the newborn infant responds to pain. More importantly, he and his colleagues have proven that this pain can be prevented by the appropriate use of anesthetics (general and regional) and analgesic drugs. Clearly pain, anxiety, and discomfort (both physical and psychological) are not limited to the newborn and do not begin and end with the induction and conclusion of surgery and anesthesia. Dr. Yaster started the Pediatric Pain Service at Johns Hopkins and was until 2005 its clinical director. This program treats approximately 3,000 in- and out-patients a year and is considered by many to be among the best programs in the world. It sets the standard for practice nationally and internationally and has served as the source of extensive clinical and translational research as well as practice policy. He and his colleagues have published extensively in this area. He has authored more than 300 original papers and book chapters as both the first author and as the senior author. In the later capacity he has been the mentor of many individuals who have gone on to become leaders in the areas of Pediatric Anesthesiology, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, and Pediatric Pain Management.
Finally, Dr. Yaster founded and was the first President of the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia. This is the largest subspecialty organization of its kind in this field. It currently has over 4,000 members. In recognition of his many contributions to the Society, the Society founded the Myron Yaster, MD Lifetime Achievement Award which is awarded annually to leaders in the field of Pediatric Anesthesiology.
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
1:15 PM - 1:50 PM
Pediatric Pain Medicine....Then & Now
Thursday, March 31, 2022
6:15 AM - 7:30 AM
RTD #1: Pediatric Pain Medicine...Then and Now
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